Stock-waterer.



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No. 638,842. Patnted Dec, l2, was.

- A. GLENN.

STOCK WATERER.

(Application flled'Dec. 31, 1898.)

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Nita STATES PATENT rrrcn.

ALLEN GLENN, OF SCRANTON, IOWVA.

STOCK-WATERER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 638,842, dated December12, 1899.

Application filed December 31, 1898. fierial No- 700,850. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALLEN GLENN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Scranton, in the county of Greene and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Stock-iVaterer, of which the following is aspecification;

The invention relates to improvements in stock-waterers.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofstock-waterers and to provide a simple, inexpensive, and efficient oneadapted to dispense with leather valves which dry up and rot and floatswhich leak and become water-logged and capable of automaticallyregulating the flow of water according to the consumption thereof and ofpreventing hogs and other animals from holding the valve or cut-off openand wasting the water.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a stock-watererconstructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to abarrel. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View of the same. Fig. 3 is atransverse sectional View. Fig. 4: is a detail perspective view of theouter casing. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the inner casing. Fig. 6 is adetail perspective view of the shield or cover. Fig. 7 is a longitudinalsectional view illustrating a modification of the invention. Fig. 8 is asimilar view showing another form of the invention. Fig. 9 is aperspective view illustrating a further modification of thestockwaterer.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

1 designates an outer casing composed of parallel sides 2 and a front 3and provided at the lower edges of such parts withhorizontally-projecting ears or portions 4, which are perforated for thereception of screws for securing the stock-waterer to a plank orplatform. The back of the frame is open, and the sides are provided inrear of the center with inwardly-extending horizontal flanges 5, locatedat the top of the casing.

Within the front portion of the outer casing is arranged an inner casing6, composed of a front portion and similar sides spaced from the innerfaces of the front and sides of the outer casing and provided at theirupper edges with horizontal flanges '7, which rest upon the upper edgesof the outer casing. The inner casing is provided at the edge of itsfront or forwardly-projecting flange with a perforated ear 8, which issecured to a corresponding ear 9 of the outer casing by means of a bolt10 or other suitable fastening device. The rear ends of the side flangesof the inner casing are provided with tongues 11, which engage under theinwardly-extending rear flanges of the outer casing. This constructiondetachably secures the inner casing to the outer one. The outer casingisprovided at opposite sides with bearings 12to receive taperingdepending projections 13, which pivot or fulcrum the drinking trough orcup let on the outer casing, and the said bearings 12, which are open,are substantially V-shaped and enable the drinking trough or cup to beremoved when the inner casing and a shield or cover 16 are detached. Thesides and front of the drinking trough or cup 14 are arranged in thespaces between the inner and outer casings to protect the trough or cupand prevent hogs and other animals from interfering With the operationof the cut-off. The back of the drinking-trough is provided with anextension 17 and carries a weight 18, which may be rigid with the troughor cup, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings, or whichmay be adjustable, as shown in Figs. 7, 8, and 9, and the upper edge ofthe rearward extension 17 forms a jaw and is adapted to engage a rubbertube 19 and compress or constrict the same against a transverse bar 20to form a choke-valve or cut-off. The rubber tube, which forms asupply-pipe, isconnected with a barrel 21 or other suitable tank orreservoir, and its inner end is expanded by a tapering tube 22 toprovide a tight joint and prevent leakage at the point of attachment ofthe tube of the supply-pipe and the barrel. The transverse bar 20, whichforms an u pperj-aw for the cut-off or valve, connects the horizontalflanges of the outer casing and braces the sides of the same. Instead ofemploying the form of valve illustrated in Fig.

2 other forms can be used, as shown in Figs. 7, 8, and 9. The weightpartially counterbalances the drinking trough or cup and the contentsthereof, and when the wateris nearly consumed the weight tilts thereceptacle or trough upwardly and opens the valve of, the supply-pipeand permits the water to be re plenished. When the water rises in thetrough or cup to a point near the top thereof, its weight overbalancesthe weight 18 and swings the trough downward, thereby shutting off theflow of water.

In order to prevent the animals from coming in contact with the weightand the supplypipe and to protect the valve mechanism, the device isprovided with a shield or cover 16, consisting of a transversely-curvedupperportion and a depending vertical front portion 24, located inadvance of the rearward extension of the cup or trough. The shield orcover is provided. at one side with a tongue 25, which engages a recess26 of one of the horizontal flanges of the outer casing, and the otherside of the cover or shield is provided with a projection or ear 27,secured to the adjacent horizontal flange 5 by a bolt passing throughthe same; but any other suitable fastening device may be employed forthis purpose. By this construction one side of the cover is detac'hablysecured to the frame or housing and the other side is detachablyinterlocked with the same.

The modification illustrated in Fig. 7 of the accompanying drawings isprovided with an adjustable Weight 28, suspended by a loop or hangerfrom an arm 29, which projects horizontally from the rearward extensionof the trough orcup and is provided with notches or recesses to preventthe weight from slipping when the trough or cup tilts. The rest of theconstruction is similar to that heretofore described.

The modification illustrated in Fig. Sof the drawings has another formof valve or cut-oil", the supply-pipe 30 being bent downward at itsouter end to provide a vertical arm, and the rear portion of the cup ortrough carries a plug or stopper 31, of rubber or other suitablematerial, adapted when the water rises to the desired height in the cupor trough to close the end of the pipe 30 and shut offthe flow of water.

Fig. 9 of the drawings shows another form of cut-off, and thesupply-pipe 32, which has its inner portion threaded, is adapted to bescrewed into a barrel or reservoir,and its outer portion is open at thetop to provide a spout 33, a valve 34 being arranged at theinner endthereof. The valve 34: is mounted on a depending vertical arm of aV-shaped bell-crank lever 35, which is fulcrumed at its angle on an armor extension 36 of the supply-pipe. Its other arm, which is arranged atan inclination, is pivoted to an inclined arm of a re- Versely-arrangedbell-crank lever 37, which has its vertical arm extending upward fromthe pivot 38 and connected with a substantially L-shaped rod or piece 39of the trough or cup, whereby when the latter tilts upward the verticalarm of the bell-crank lever 37 will be swung rearward to operate theother bellcrank lever 35 and open the valve or cut-off.

In order to enable the height of the water within the trough to beregulated when the device is provided with the fixed weight 18, asupplemental adjustable weight 18 is provided, and by moving the same toand from the fulcrum the quantity of Water necessary to effect a cut-offmay be varied.

The invention has the following advantages: The stock-waterer'is simpleand inexpensive in construction and positive, reliable, and automatic inoperation, and it is adapted to dispense with leather valves and floats,which are liable to leak or become waterlogged. The cut-oif or valve isnot operated by the animal, so that he cannot hold the valve or cut-oifopen and waste the water, and any pressure on the bottom of the troughor cup operates to seat the valve or close the cut-off more securely.

Changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction maybe resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrific ing anyofthe advantages of this invention.

What is claimed is- 1. A stock-waterer comprising a flexiblesupply-pipe, a tilting trough or cup, and a weight rigid with the troughor cup and adapted to counterbalance the same and its contentspartially,and a jaw rigid with the weight and arranged to engage theflexible supplytube to cut off the flow of water, substantially asdescribed.

' 2. A stock-waterer comprising the inner and outer casings havingvertical sides spaced apart, a tilting trough having its sides operatingin the intervening spaces between the casings, and a cut-off operated bythe tilting trough and adapted to control the supply of water,substantially as described.

3. Astock-waterer comprising an outer casing, an inner casing detachablysecured to the outer casing and provided at its top with flanges restingupon the upper edges of the same, a tilting trough mounted withintheouter casing and operating in the space between the same and the innercasing, a cutoff arranged at the back of the trough, and a shield orcover consisting of a top portion and a depending front portion,saidshield or cover being arranged to protect the cut-off, substantially asdescribed.

4. Astock-waterer comprising an outer caseing provided at its back withinwardly-extending flanges, an inner casing located in front of the saidflanges and provided at its top with horizontal flanges detachablysecured to the outer casing, a transverse bar connecting the rearportions of the sides of the outer casing and forming a jaw, a tiltingtrough operating in the space between the casings and provided at itsback with a jaw arranged to compress a supply-pipe between ICC the otherside of the shield or cover being detachably secured to the other flangeof the outer casing, a tilting drinking-trough arranged in the spacebetween the casings, and a cut-off operated by the trou gh,substantia1lyas described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ALLEN GLENN.

Witnesses:

A. T. Cox, WM. P. COX.

